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Broke Down this morning, Belt is off, help!

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broox

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Jun 9, 2002
Des Moines, Iowa
This is the worst timing ever for my car to break down. We went all out on New Years Eve, so cash is tight. I just got my DSM running smoothly on MONDAY with a new idle control motor and battery terminals, and now it dies...

So here is what happened...
I'm driving to work this morning, I get to a light and start hearing an amazing amount of squeaking, I think to myself "this person beside me is driving a total POS" Then I realize that my car is running pretty rough and as the light turns green and I go, the squeaking gets louder. After about 500 feet the squeaking stops, my brake, battery, and that orange light (radiator?) that looks like lincoln's monument came on. The temp of the car also skyrocketed, so I shut the car off and coasted down the road a bit to get closer to a coworker's house.

I popped the hood to realize the belt on the driver's side is off. I didn't look at it too long and I certainly didn't mess with it due to the temperature... I just ran up to my friend's house to get a ride.

Can anyone help me out? Could something have seized up causing this belt to come off? Is this the serpentine belt? If I could just get the car home that would be ideal
 
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